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(No Model) W. 'H. OALLAGHAN., SHOWER BATH APPARATUS.

Patented Apr. 26,1898."

, reference must be had to the accompanying UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

WILLIAM H. OALLAGHAN, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

SHOWER-BATHAPPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 603,171, dated April 26,1898. Application filed November 4, 1897. Serial No. 557,404. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HENRY CAL- LAGHAN, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, and a resident of the city of Toronto, in the county ofYork and Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Shower-Bath Apparatus, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of shower-bath apparatus' which hasfor the primary feature a perforated ring adapted to be placed over thehead and to rest upon the shoulders of the bather'and to haveconnections with a tap or taps of a bath or other source ofwater-supply.

The principal objects of my improvements are the effectual distributionof the streams or jets of water over the whole person irrespective ofthe attitude preserved in the tub and to facilitate adjustment of thedifierent spraying devices, streams, or jets to suit different shapes,forms, or proportions in the body of the bather.

For fullcomprehension of the invention drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of myimproved shower-bath apparatus, and Fig. 2 an enlarged detail view ofthe connections between the annular head or ring and the tapconnections.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents a tubular ring or head which when assembled with the otherparts preferably forms one integral element. It is provided with anumber of perforations a a toward its inner and lower sides, throughwhich the water may pass in jets or streams, so as to be distributedover the shoulders and thence to the whole person of the bather. Thishead or ring may be purely annular or cylindrical or may partake of ovalor other desired shape, so long as it may be conveniently passedover'the head and rest upon the shoulders of the bather.

B is another perforated pipe extending downwardly from and rigidlyconnected to the rear part of the annular head, so as when in use to liecontiguous to the back of the person andto distribute the water over thebackand sides, which may be done by arranging the apertures b b inseries, so as to project the jets or streams at different relativeangles. This extension-pipe B is of any suitable length and would havethe effect of maintaining the annular head or ring in what may beconsidered as practically a horizontal plane (at right angles to saidpipe connection) and prevent the same from slipping forward, as is thecase in the shower-rings now employed and which project the streams ofwater onlyover the chest of the bather.

At an'opposite point upon the head or ring Athat is to say, at thatportion which would come in line with the front of the bathers bodyIattach another perforated pipe 0, preferably of about the same length-asthe rear pipe B, and arrange said pipe 0 to be adjustable at any anglewhich will enable it to adapt itself to the size or formation of thebody of the bather, the same being raised to the position shown indotted lines in Fig. 1 previous to placing the annular head or ring Aover the bathers head and then pressed or allowed to fall to theposition indicated in strong lines in the same figure before turning onthe water.

I do not claim, broadly, in this application the employment of anannular head or ring.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A shower bath apparatus comprising water-tap connections, aperforated head or ring adapted to be passed over the head and to restupon the shoulders of the bather, said head or ring having a perforatedpipe in communication also with said water-tap connections, and arrangedto adapt itself to the size and form and to distribute the streams ofwater across the front of the body of the bather, substantially as setforth.

2. A shower bath'apparatuscomprising flexible water-tap connections, aperforated head or ring adapted to be passed over the head and to restupon the shoulders of the bather, a rigid perforated extension from theand to distribute the streams of Water across rear part of said headorring adapted to mainthe front of the bathers body, all combined tainsame in place and to direct the streams and arranged substantially asset forth.

of Water toward the back, and an adjustable XVILLIAM II. CALLAGIIAN. 5perforated pipe in direct connection with the Witnesses:

Water-supply and With the head or ring, and ROBT. A. KELLOND,

arranged to adapt itself to the size and form S. M. FLYNN.

